Video card for FCPX

John SC · Mar 18, 2013, 05:56 PM

I'm looking at updating my iMac to the latest model. I've done some comparisons in an Apple store and outputing 1080P movies from FCPX it's significantly quicker.

My question is as there are two video options for the new machine. One has 1Gb of RAM and the other has 2Gb. does the extra Gb of Video memory have a significant effect on the output speed, as I believe FCPX uses some of the GPU's processing power

Thanks

John C

simsaladimbamba · Mar 18, 2013, 05:58 PM

The RAM will not radically or slightly improve transcoding speeds during export.

John SC · Mar 19, 2013, 04:41 AM

Thanks that's helpful, Also it has saved me some money

Mar 18, 2013, 05:56 PM	#1
John SC macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2010	Video card for FCPX I'm looking at updating my iMac to the latest model. I've done some comparisons in an Apple store and outputing 1080P movies from FCPX it's significantly quicker. My question is as there are two video options for the new machine. One has 1Gb of RAM and the other has 2Gb. does the extra Gb of Video memory have a significant effect on the output speed, as I believe FCPX uses some of the GPU's processing power Thanks John C
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Mar 18, 2013, 05:58 PM	#2
simsaladimbamba macrumors Core Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: in front of it	The RAM will not radically or slightly improve transcoding speeds during export. __________________ This is not amn attempt t write with two brokemn keybards
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Mar 19, 2013, 04:41 AM	#3
John SC Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2010	Thanks that's helpful, Also it has saved me some money
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